NYSE:BGG - Briggs & Stratton Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Briggs & Stratton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BGG."

Briggs & Stratton declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 18th will be given a dividend of $0.14 per share on Wednesday, October 3rd. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 17th. View Briggs & Stratton's Dividend History.

Briggs & Stratton declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, April 25th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 5.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Briggs & Stratton Co. (NYSE:BGG) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 15th. The industrial products company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.06. The industrial products company earned $501.69 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $495.83 million. Briggs & Stratton had a return on equity of 10.11% and a net margin of 1.09%. Briggs & Stratton's revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.46 EPS. View Briggs & Stratton's Earnings History.

Briggs & Stratton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.35-1.55 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.45. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.93-1.99 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.92 billion.

4 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Briggs & Stratton's stock. Their predictions range from $17.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate Briggs & Stratton's share price to reach $21.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Briggs & Stratton.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Briggs & Stratton in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Briggs & Stratton.

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Headlines about BGG stock have trended positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Briggs & Stratton earned a coverage optimism score of 0.33 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 51.79 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Briggs & Stratton.

Briggs & Stratton's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.39%), Brandes Investment Partners LP (5.93%), LSV Asset Management (5.45%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (2.38%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.16%). Company insiders that own Briggs & Stratton stock include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Frank M Jaehnert, Harold L Redman, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Federated Investors Inc. PA, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, ClariVest Asset Management LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Briggs & Stratton company stock in the last year include Andrea L Golvach, David J Rodgers, Todd J Teske and William H Reitman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

BGG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brandes Investment Partners LP, BlackRock Inc., Salem Capital Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Alambic Investment Management L.P. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Briggs & Stratton.

Shares of BGG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.12.

Briggs & Stratton has a market capitalization of $733.42 million and generates $1.79 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $56.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.31 on an earnings per share basis. Briggs & Stratton employs 5,300 workers across the globe.

Briggs & Stratton's mailing address is 12301 WEST WIRTH STREET, WAUWATOSA WI, 53222. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-259-5333.